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                                   Lasting effects of bullying

Bullying can affect the individual in more ways than one would think. Anyone, whether young or old who has ever been bullied knows how bullying can truly impact a person’s life. A person can feel the effects of bullying in various ways. Bullying can affect someone physically, emotionally, and/ or mentally depending on the severity of the bullying. The lasting effects of being bullied can impact a person anywhere. Specific places may resurface bad memories for some people, like old schools or houses where they were bullied. Also, for the victims of bullying that could no longer cope with the pain, their graves display the lasting effects of bullying. The lasting effects of bullying starts to impact an individual after the initial pain and shock has boiled over. It doesn’t take long for bullying to affect a person for the rest of their life. People are so affected by bullying because after constant day after day of being made fun of and tormented, those horrible memories never go away. Since bullying can be a very traumatic experience, the impacts on a person are quite traumatic as well. Being bullied can change a person’s life, it breaks you down piece by piece and you’re never the same after.

Bullying can have multiple lasting effects on a person. These effects can impact the victims mentally, physically, and/or emotionally. Many people think that bullying is over once words are said and beatings are given, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact the effects of bullying continue to haunt it’s victims for as long as they live. There are many effects of bullying shortly after it is done, but the lasting effects alone have been proven to be even more severe. Studies show that people bullied as kids are less mentally healthy as adults. Bullying victims, also have an increased suicide risk, depression, poor school performance, and low self-esteem. One study, specifically researching the long term effects of bullying was presented in 2010 at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association concluded that          “Pure victims of bullying, were at higher risk, for depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and agoraphobia in adulthood than children uninvolved in bullying.”  As a victim of bullying myself, I concur with the results of this study. It’s been about four years since I was bullied consistently each day. The things that I’m dealing with now from my bullying experience bother and continue to haunt me every single day. Since my bullying experience I have developed an OCD like behavior and social anxiety. I deal and try to overcome these problems every day, which is a very hard thing to do.  I also am still struggling with major self- esteem issues.  Even to this day I have a hard time believe that I’m not ugly or weird, but it’s hard to just forget what I was told every single day for an entire school year.  Though like many others, I’m beginning to heal, although I will never fully be able to recover, because the memories of all the torment will always linger with me. So dealing with the many problems that I’m dealing with now, I know that bullying has many lasting effects, and that I’m going to have to deal with these problems for the rest of my life as many other people will have to as well.

Although the lasting effect of bullying on me wasn’t nearly as bad as the lasting effect that bullying has on others. The most permanent and all too often lasting effect of bullying is sadly, suicide. On the news lately there have been many reports of teenagers who have been driven into suicide due to the horrific bullying they were subjected to.  Many people believe that suicide is a very extreme way of dealing with bullying. Although, those people have most likely never dealt with any form of bullying before themselves. Being teased and made fun of day after day breaks down any strength a person possibly has left. Some people aren’t strong enough to deal with constant torment, and the only way they think the bullying will ever stop is to leave this world.  It’s sad to think that some people feel this way, but a lot of people sadly do. Suicide is the most severe lasting effect there is. One of the saddest and local suicide cases as a result of bullying is the death of Phoebe Prince. Formerly from the United Kingdom, the Prince family migrated to South Hadley, Massachusetts in 2010 to live the American dream. Although on January 14, 2010 Phoebe gave up her fight. After being bullied viciously for several months by two groups of students at South Hadley High School,  she could no longer take the pain. The final straw that pushed Phoebe over the edge was when one of her bullies drove by her and threw a can at her head and said “Go kill yourself.”  Sadly that’s just what she did. Phoebe grabbed a scarf and hung herself in her family home, later to be discovered by her younger sister. In this case the lasting effect of bullying on Phoebe was her death, and not only did the bullying impact her but it also impacted her sister, who discovered her older sister’s dead body.  The lasting effects not only impact the victim but also the people closest to the victim as well. When a victim takes their own life, their death affects their family and friends for as long as they live as well.  Statistics say that “four thousand victims of bullying commit suicide each year”. For me, that statistic is far too many helpless lives gone that could’ve been saved.

            Bullying has gone on for far too long, and it’s getting much worse as time goes on. Although, I believe teenagers and my generation are the most likely to stop this vicious cycle of torment and pain. I believe teenagers can stop this bullying trend if they gain some useful qualities. Once teenagers gain compassion and understanding that’s when my generation will finally end the trend of bullying. Once people are able to except and look past the differences in one another instead of making fun of each other, that’s when teenagers will be on their way to stopping this cruel trend. Also, I believe that if teenagers are kind and nice to others, those positive influences will spread and reach people who truly need a bit of kindness in their lives. All in all, as the golden rule states, “if we treat others the way we would want to be treated” then bullying would be solved and teenagers could start to spread kindness instead of hate. This may sound cliché but it’s the truth; a little bit of kindness can go a long way, especially in trying to stop bullying.

       The impacts of bullying can be very severe and can result in numerous tragedies. Although, all these deaths and suffering could have been prevented. If people were tolerant and accepting, bullying and all these problems would never exist. Although bullying is a major part of today’s society, and increases as time goes on. Even though bullying is common in today’s society, I feel that it can easily be stopped. My generation I feel has the greatest chance of ending this common occurrence of bullying. My generation is arguably the most accepting, we are living in a world with so many ethnicities, cultures, and we’re co- existing with more and more people every day. Bullying is near its end, it may take a while but eventually, people will live in a world of acceptance without any bullying.

               The cure has been discovered.


       Throughout the years, cancer research has become more and more common as people desperately try to find a cure for this severe disease. Though all these efforts to find a cure, are simply useless and a waste of time. Some may disagree that cancer research isn't a waste, but those people aren't aware that the cure has already been discovered. Polish biochemist, Stanislaw Burzynski, believe it or not had discovered the cure for cancer in 1976 at the Burzynski  Clinic in Houston Texas, about forty years ago. Although, due to some administrations, the cure isn't available to the general public in the United States.

       Burzynski's cure is almost all natural and very safe to the human body. The cure is a antineoplaston therapy that treats various types and stages of cancer. Antineoplastons are a mixture of amino acid derivatives, and peptides found in human blood and urine. According to Burzynski, he has found that people with cancer lack antineoplastons and don't have an adequate supply like a healthy person. This antineoplaston therapy is used to control tumor growth through "a naturally occurring biochemical mechanism in the body that directs cancer cells into normal channels of differentiation, that is one of the theoretical foundations of this therapy" as stated by the National Cancer Institute. Though, the antineoplaston has been proven to cure cancer, and it's not a "theoretical" foundation.


      Through numerous clinical studies at the Burzynski Clinic, antineoplastons have prevailed as being a successful therapy for various types and stages of cancer. The clinical trial Antineoplaston A in 1977, concluded that there were no toxicities reported in any patient which is amazing for any cancer treatment, because most types chemotherapy are extremely toxic to the people receiving the treatments. Another trial in 1986 called Antineoplaston AS2-1 concluded that out of 20 patients receiving the therapy, complete remission was reported in six cases, which confirms the success of the treatment. In all of Burzynski's clinical studies numerous recipients went into complete remission and partial remission in just a matter of days or months. Even though there is clear evidence of the success of this therapy, cancer centers and different administrations are still denying that this antineoplaston treatment fails to cure cancer in its patients. The Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center has stated: "Bottom Line: There is no clear evidence to support that the anticancer effects of antineoplaston in humans”. Although as shown in the studies, there is most certainly clear evidence to support the anticancer effects of antineoplaston in patients who receive the therapy. Many patients in each of his clinical studies come out cancer free or almost completely cancer free.
   
       The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will not approve Burzynski's treatment, because the clinical trials show "no consistent proof or evidence of cancer treatment" for his patients. The FDA's logic is very much flawed, no cancer treatment not even other chemotherapies are  predictable or consistent, because every patient's cancer is different and each person can react differently to any treatment. Even with other chemotherapies, results aren't always predictable or consistent. Plus many types of  chemotherapies are also much more toxic than the antineoplastons, and using the antineoplastons is a safer and less expensive method to cure cancer. Based on the clinical trials of Antineoplastons, Burzynski's method seems to be more effective than most chemotherapy treatments.
     
     It's bad enough that the FDA isn't approving Burzynski's perfectly safe and effective antineoplaston therapy, but the FDA has been filing lawsuit after lawsuit against the Burzynski Clinic for unlawful practice, for not for not governing the protection of human subjects, insurance fraud, and other various accusations. Even though there had been so many lawsuits against the Burzynski Clinic, the FDA has never won and Burzynski was never charged for any of these lawsuits. The FDA never even had any real case against the Burzynski Clinic, all their cases were weak, and really had no evidence to back up the lawsuits. The FDA is merely just trying to interfere and delay Burzynski's important work, which could potentially impact the oncology and pharmaceutical fields. The antineoplaston therapy costs a lot less since most of the cure comes from the human body, compared to most chemotherapies  which cost much more since there are so many chemicals involved in many types of chemotherapies. Since Burzynski's method costs much less, if his treatment was approved the oncology and pharmaceutical fields would lose an incredible amount of money, and to prevent this from happening the FDA isn't approving this incredible treatment and they continue to file lawsuits against the Burzynski Clinic. The FDA is trying to end Burzynski's clinic in order to keep their money coming in. In this specific case the FDA isn't showing their concerns for the well-being of the citizens of the United States, since they're denying us from a treatment that can save so many lives. All the FDA and oncology fields care about is their money. If antineoplaston therapy wasn't effective and consistent, why would the FDA be suing and denying Burzynski's cure?

     Burzynski is simply a man trying to improve the lives of the people who are fighting cancer. He is just trying to improve the chance of survival for his patients. The only thing stopping Burzynski is the FDA. Due to the FDA's incompetence to do their jobs and due to their greediness, people aren't able to receive this incredible cure. Everyone should know that this therapy exists and everyone should have the opportunity to receive this treatment. The FDA and all these other fields and companies say they care about the well-being of people, but they're denying everyone a cure that could save so many people. In the Constitution it states that people are all born with unalienable rights that include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Denying this cure to the general public is impeding on these unalienable rights. People have the right to know and proceed with all cures that are available, and hiding this antineoplaston treatment from people is breaking the rights stated in the Constitution. People's rights have been ignored for forty years and the people who died of cancer during those forty years, died due to the FDA and people who didn't give them a chance to access this treatment that could have potentially saved their lives. Antioneoplaston therapy is the cure to cancer, but people are still trying to find a cure, even though an amazing cure has already been discovered. As long as the FDA continues to ignorantly deny this treatment, people will never be able to take advantage of this life saving cure that would impact the lives of so many. As long as greediness and stupidity continues to run this great country of ours, death will continue to prevail for as long as these companies and corporations move on with their conceited and ignorant ways.